Movies
Review: Alex and Emma
Posted by: Dean Kish • June 20, 2003 @ 11:59am
Director Rob Reiner, Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson have decided to square-off against a green-skinned behemoth. They are packing a weapon to help stall the green goliath.
Review: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Posted by: Dean Kish • June 6, 2003 @ 11:59am
In 2001, a little film nobody had heard of blasted into multiplexes and made car-enthusiasts cheer. The film popped the hood on the whole underground world of street-racing and rocketed bouncer-turned-actor Vin Diesel into the stratosphere.
Review: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Posted by: J.S. Lee • June 6, 2003 @ 11:59am
Perhaps The Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy" said it best when he declared, "Oh, I've wasted my life," right before a nuclear bomb launched into Springfield by the French explodes, killing all of its residents, except -- of course -- for Homer Simpson.
Review: A Mighty Wind
Posted by: Mark McLeod • May 9, 2003 @ 11:59am
During his life time, there was nothing more Irving Steinbloom loved more than folk music. Thinking of ways to celebrate a life of a legendary folk music promoter, his son Jonathan (Bob Balaban) decides to stage a reunion concert at the infamous Town Hall -- the site of many terrific folk shows over the years. Jonathan decides that he wishes to have his father's three top acts on the bill.
Review: Anger Management
Posted by: Dean Kish • April 11, 2003 @ 11:59am
One of Hollywood's most respected actors squares off against one of comedies biggest talents for a little therapy.
Adam Sandler plays Dave Buznik, a reserved and belittled executive assistant who meets Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) on an airplane. No matter what Dave does, he can't relax and enjoy the flight. He is ignored by the flight attendant and Dr.
Review: Anger Management
Posted by: J.S. Lee • April 11, 2003 @ 11:59am
Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) isn't exactly the kind of guy one would expect to find in an anger management self-help group. In fact, Dave is the kind of guy that most people would describe as being quite mild-mannered; perhaps even a little meek or timid. As the executive assistant (e.g.
Review: A Man Apart
Posted by: Dean Kish • April 4, 2003 @ 11:59am
Some law-enforcement guy loses his wife to the gangster-mobster-bad-guy after he gets too close or ends up arresting the big-cheese himself. Gee, have we seen this before?
In case you haven't, Vin Diesel stars as Sean Vetter, a DEA agent who was an intricate part of bringing down one of the biggest druglords in U.S. history, Meno Lucero (Gino Silva).
Interview: Musician Rob Zombie, director of the new horror film House of 1000 Corpses
Posted by: Mark McLeod • April 1, 2003 @ 2:17am
Rob Zombie is without a doubt one of the biggest names in rock music. His band White Zombie dominated the rock charts in the early 1990s with their hits like "More Human Than Human" and "Thunderkiss 65", winning all sorts of MTV Award hardware.
While, as a film critic, it is dangerous to make broad generalizations (all Vin Diesel movies aren't worthy of my time, all Fellini movies are egotistically maddening, etc.) I feel relatively safe in claiming that films adapted from Stephen King works fall under three categories.
Review: Agent Cody Banks
Posted by: Dean Kish • March 14, 2003 @ 11:59am
James Bond Jr., uh, I mean Cody Banks to the rescue.
TV-phenom Frankie Muniz takes to the silver screen once more as he steps into the pseudo-world of a secret agent. Muniz plays Cody Banks, teenager who was recruited by the CIA at a summer camp where he was trained with the elite abilities of a secret agent.
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